cacology

PRONUNCIATION:

(ka-KOL-uh-jee)

MEANING:

noun
1. Poor choice of words.
2. Incorrect pronunciation.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek caco- (bad) + -logy (word).

USAGE:

"The phenomena described in 1985 by Amos Joel, computer controlled digital
switching system pioneer, are present realities: 'The trade press, which
should know better, is party to the curtain of mysticism, clichés, and
cacology around which they shroud the true technology of new products."
John Buckley; Telecommunications Regulation; Institution of Electrical
Engineers; 2003.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched. -Guy de Maupassant, short story writer and novelist (1850-1893)